Bicycle-canopy



(NoMdeh) G, 0. ORMEROD.

BICYCLE GANOPY.

,091. Patented June 16, 1896.

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BICYCLE-CANOPY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 562,091, dated J' une 16, 1896.

Application filed August 20,1895. Serial No. 559,934. (No model.)

To al?, whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. ORMERoD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Asbury Park, in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Bicycle-Canopy, of which the following is a specification.

This invention aims to provide an improved canopy and mountings therefor which can be readily applied to the handle-bar of a bicycle or similar road-vehicle, and which, when detached and not required for use, can be packed and stored in a small spaceso as to be carried upon the machine without adding materially to the weight thereof or in any manner interfering with the ease and comfort of the rider.

The invention consists in the special construction of the canopy whereby it can be reduced to a compact form, and in the supports or mountings whereby they can be lengthened or shortened, and which will admit of the canopy being tipped to any required an gle to protect the rider from rain and the rays of the sun; and the improvement consists also in certain novel features and the peculiar construction and the combination of the parts which hereinafter will be more particularly specified, and outlined in the subjoined claims, and vfor a full understanding of the merits and the details of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front elevation of a bicyclecanopy constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 isa side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the canopy. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the canopy-frame folded. l

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The supporting-standards are similarly constructed and comprise telescopin g parts l and 2, the latter being provided at their lower ends with hinged clasps 8, by means of which they are iirmly attached to the handle-bar 4 of the bicycle or like vehicle. The clasps 3 have two hinge-joints located at proper distances apart, so as Vto facilitate the removal and the attachment of the device to the handle-bar, and binding-screws 5 are provided to secure the free ends of the clasps to the opposite sides of the standards from that to which the said clasps are Xedly attached.

The parts 1 and 2 are preferably tubular and the parts 1 are adapted to slide or move within the upper ends of the parts 2 and are provided with a series of openings 6 near their lower ends to receive locking-pins 7, by means of which the said parts 1 and 2 are held in the located position. Levers S are fulcrumed between their ends to extensions 9, projecting laterally from the parts 2, and springs 10 exert an outward pressure on the lower ends of the levers 8, so as to maintain the locking-pins 7, having pivotal connection with their upper ends in engagement with the openings 6, thereby holding the parts 1 in the required adjusted position against accidental displacement.

The canopy comprises a frame, over which is stretched a suitable fabric, and the said frame is composed of similar longitudinal partsfll, which have their end portions inwardly curved and pivotally connected together, so as to admit of the folding of one part upon the other when it is required to reduce the size of the canopy for storing and packing in a compact form.

Stays 12 are provided to hold the parts of the frame distended when the canopy is in use, and these stays are secured at one end by eyes 13 to one of the parts, and their opposite ends are bent to provide hooks, which are detachably fitted to eyes 14, located upon the opposite part of the frame, and when it is required to reduce the size of the canopythe hook ends of the stays are disengaged from the eyes 14 and the parts folded, substantially as shown in Fig. 4. Ears or segmental plates 15 depend from the opposite sides of the canopy-frame and have pivotal connection with the upper ends of the standards, and these ears or plates have a circular series of'openings 16 to receive locking-pins 17, by means of which the canopy is held in the required adjusted position.

The locking-pins 17 are' actuated by means substantially the same as those provided for operating the locking-pins 7, and a detail description thereof is not deemed necessary, as the parts will correspond to the similar parts and will be readily understood from the pre- IOC) vious description, which will apply in the present instance. The upper ends of the standards are cleft, and the ears or plates 15 are mounted between the cleft portions and are secured thereto by the pivots 1S.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the canopy can be readily elevated or lowered and tipped to any required angle, so as to protect the rider from rain and the rays of the sun, and that when the device is not required for use it can be detached and reduced to a compact form, so as to be readily carried by being attached to a convenient part of the machine. By employing the two standards .the vision is not obstructed from in front, the weight is more evenly distributed upon the machine, and the canopy is braced and better adapted for withstanding severe strain.

The invention can be applied to bicycles of various patterns and makes and to roadvehicles generally, and in the adapting of the same for a special purpose it is to be understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

lVhat is claimed isl. In a canopyfor bicycles, &c., the combination with side supports, of a canopy-frame comprising similar longitudinal parts having their end portions inwardly curved and pivotally connected together and adapted to fold the one upon the other, stays having pivotal connection with one of the parts and terminating in hooks at their free ends, and eyes provided on the opposite part to engage with the hooked ends of the stays to maintain the canopy-frame extended when required, substantially as set forth.

2. A canopy for bicycles, te., comprising telescoping standards provided with means to secure the parts in an adjusted position, and with provisions for attaching the device to the bicycle or other structure, a folding frame comprising similar longitudinal parts having their end portions inwardly curved and pivotally connected together, segmental plates pendent from the longitudinal parts and having pivotal connection with the upper ends of the standards, locking means for securing the folding frame at any desired angle of adjustment, and stays having attachment with one of the longitudinal partsof the folding frame and terminating at their free ends in hooks to be detachabl y connected with eyes provided on the opposite part, substantially as set forth for the pu rpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my ownmi have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

lifEOltGE C. ORMEROD. Vi tn esscs:

CHARLES E. KING, Jr., FREDERICK F. WILSON. 

